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Video: Nobel laureate, Soyinka demands public holiday for traditional religion

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1 year ago

July 18, 2023

In this video, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, during an occasion in commemoration of his 89th birthday, demanded that the Nigerian government fix a public holiday for traditional African religious worshippers.

“Three, it is high time we demanded, on behalf of traditional religions, an annual holiday like Islam and Christianity. We’ve had enough of being second-class citizens in this nation. So, equal time, equal space, we demand public holidays. We demand it from federal, state, and local governments. We want an annual public holiday.”

The renowned playwright also called for the reopening of unresolved cases of religious killings, and the imposition of visa bans on crusaders of religious violence.

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Video: ‘Neglect of Africa is a danger to the world’— Nigeria’s Tinubu at G20

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22 hours ago

November 20, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, endorsed the call for a global alliance against hunger in his address at the opening of the 19th Summit of G20 leaders in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Tinubu described the alliance, which was championed by the Brazilian president as pivotal to ending the global food crisis, while emphasizing how Africa is worst by poverty and hunger in the world.

“The neglect of Africa is a danger to the world,” Tinubu stressed while calling for global collaborative action against the problems of the continent.

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Video: Kenya’s Ruto targets inflation rate below 3%

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4 weeks ago

October 24, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Kenyan President, William Ruto, stressed the economic goals of his government and charged the public to believe in the economic reforms of his administration.

Ruto also emphasized that the international community and multilateral bodies had applauded his policy direction, and urged Kenyans to join the train.

“You do have my commitment that we will be disciplined as a public sector… it my target that by next year inflation will be sub 3%”, Ruto said.

Earlier in the month, the Central Bank of Kenya slashed the benchmark rate to 12.0%, 75.0 bps down. The Central Bank’s prescribed target band for headline inflation is 2.5% – 7.5%, 5.0% being the mid-point · The last time Kenya registered <3.0% headline inflation was May 2007

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